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Defaming The President, Douglas B. Mckechnie Jan 2023

Defaming The President, Douglas B. Mckechnie

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Fuoco V. Polisena, 244 A.3d 124 (R.I. 2021), David Marks Jan 2023

Fuoco V. Polisena, 244 A.3d 124 (R.I. 2021), David Marks

Roger Williams University Law Review

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Henry V. Media General Operations, Inc., 254 A.3d 822 (R.I. 2021), Stefanie D. Fischer Jan 2023

Henry V. Media General Operations, Inc., 254 A.3d 822 (R.I. 2021), Stefanie D. Fischer

Roger Williams University Law Review

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Freedom Of Unspoken Speech: Implied Defamation And Its Constitutional Limitations, Julie M. Capie Aug 2015

Freedom Of Unspoken Speech: Implied Defamation And Its Constitutional Limitations, Julie M. Capie

Touro Law Review

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Hustler Magazine, Inc. V. Falwell: Laugh Or Cry, Public Figures Must Learn To Live With Satirical Criticism , James R. Laguzza Jan 2013

Hustler Magazine, Inc. V. Falwell: Laugh Or Cry, Public Figures Must Learn To Live With Satirical Criticism , James R. Laguzza

Pepperdine Law Review

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Defamation In Good Faith: An Argument For Restating The Defense Of Qualified Privilege, A.G. Harmon Jan 2011

Defamation In Good Faith: An Argument For Restating The Defense Of Qualified Privilege, A.G. Harmon

Barry Law Review

Since the 1964 case of New York Times v. Sullivan, the standard for proving defamation has often proven insurmountable to public figure plaintiffs who claim their reputations have been hurt through libel or slander. But, the standard can prove equally insurmountable to “private figure” plaintiffs when a qualified, or “conditional,” privilege applies. Such privileges, intended to further the social policy of candor on certain proscribed occasions, can be claimed regarding otherwise questionable conversations as long as the dialogue is made: 1) in good faith; 2) about a subject in which the speaker has an interest or duty; 3) within …


Media Lability For Libel Of Newsworthy Persons: Before And After Time, Inc. V. Firestone, Thomas E. Wheeler, Jr. Jul 1977

Media Lability For Libel Of Newsworthy Persons: Before And After Time, Inc. V. Firestone, Thomas E. Wheeler, Jr.

Florida State University Law Review

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Libelous Ridicule By Journalists, James M. Naughton, Eric R. Gilbertson Jan 1969

Libelous Ridicule By Journalists, James M. Naughton, Eric R. Gilbertson

Cleveland State Law Review

Proof of actual malice, or even establishing that an attack in ridicule bears no relation to public conduct, seems at best, extremely difficult to bring out. The public interest in protecting itself, through criticism of those in prominence, weighs much more heavily on the scales of justice than does the interest of public figures in protecting themselves from personal attack. So go ahead and draw your cartoons, Conrad. Keep sticking pins in the kewpie dolls of America, Art Buchwald. And tell it like it is, Pogo.